As Times Goes By: The Odyssey, Casablanca, Birth of a Nation, and Southern Horrors (with Joseph Kelly)

In this far-reaching conversation, Greg Olear talks to Joseph Kelly, a professor and director of the Irish & Irish American Studies program at the College of Charleston, and the author of “The Biggest Lie: The Pre-History of Fascism: 1818-1915.” They discuss James Joyce, “Ulysses,” Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” Ernest Hemingway, Rick Blaine, the Lincoln assassination, Irish immigration, “Southern Horrors,” “Birth of a Nation,” the origins of the “great replacement” narrative, ICE, American fascism, and much more. Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.